But often, bosses look for something more subtle, says Harvard Business School executive fellow Bill George.
In other words, CEOs and other leaders may want to see you guiding and inspiring the rest of your team.
Great employees — the ones managers tend to see as worth promoting — don't just boss their co-workers around.
They excel at building trust with the people around them, which requires a certain amount of self-awareness to achieve, George says.
"Many people do not know who they are," George wrote in his book, "True North: Emerging Leader Edition," which published in 2022.
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